West Pioneer Wilderness Study Area

1 federal campground, all of them reservable or unlisted.

1Campgrounds

6,580 ftElevation

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 1 of these 1 campgrounds

Where they are

1 of 1 mapped

Drawing the map

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 1

1 campground

Steel Creek Campground

West Pioneer Wilderness Study Area · MT

6,580 ft

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit

Roadless

West Pioneer248,631 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire

Sand Creek fire · 3.4 mi from the nearest campground here · 35,509 acres · 36% contained

Wildfire

Skull fire · 6.0 mi from the nearest campground here · 67 acres · 0% contained

Wildfire

Bobcat Lakes fire · 6.8 mi from the nearest campground here · 10,895 acres · 61% contained

Wildfire

Moose fire · 37 mi from the nearest campground here · 6,005 acres · 15% contained

Wildfire

Black Bear fire · 47 mi from the nearest campground here · 2,126 acres · 30% contained

Wildfire

Nature Grove fire · 47 mi from the nearest campground here · 1,422 acres · 0% contained

Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 7, 2026

Who answers for this land

West Pioneer Wilderness Study Area’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Ryan Zinke (R)MT 1st · 1 campground · grade F

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units

SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly